Since 69382d8b (qdev: Fix object reference leak in case device.realize() fails), object_property_set_bool releases the device object in case realize's failed and device hasn't explicitly assigned parent. It happens due to object_unparent() on error handling path releases not only implicitly set parent but also calls device_unparent() which releases the remaining reference hold buy parent bus.
qdev_try_create() created device has only 1 reference hold by parent bus which makes impossible to unparent/re-parent object without destroying it. Fix it by making caller of qdev_try_create()/qdev_init_nofail() own a reference from object_new() until qdev_init_nofail() is successfully executed so that uparenting won't destroy device until caller owns pointer returned by qdev_try_create(). Signed-off-by: Igor Mammedov <imamm...@redhat.com> --- hw/core/qdev.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/hw/core/qdev.c b/hw/core/qdev.c index ee4a083..0139d67 100644 --- a/hw/core/qdev.c +++ b/hw/core/qdev.c @@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ DeviceState *qdev_try_create(BusState *bus, const char *type) } qdev_set_parent_bus(dev, bus); - object_unref(OBJECT(dev)); return dev; } @@ -360,6 +359,7 @@ void qdev_init_nofail(DeviceState *dev) object_get_typename(OBJECT(dev))); exit(1); } + object_unref(OBJECT(dev)); } void qdev_machine_creation_done(void) -- 2.7.4